Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Abraham Danielzsoon Hondius (de Hont or de Hond) NPG D35944

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by and published by John Smith, after Abraham Danielzsoon Hondius (de Hont or de Hond)

Hondius was a Dutch artist, but little is known about his early career. He left the Netherlands in 1671-2 to settle in London, working initially on projects for the Guildhall and for the Royal College of Physicians. In England, he mainly painted large town views and hunting scenes without figures, but he was also known to paint portraits. Hondius's biographer, the painter Jacob Campo Weyerman, later described the artist as 'a great man in his profession but quite unfortunate in his temperament which was not... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.